Local reporter exclaims ‘this is insane’ as she and camera operator flee Carr Fire

Carr Fire burns through Shasta County

The Carr Fire forced the community of French Gulch to evacuate, Cal Fire said.

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The Carr Fire forced the community of French Gulch to evacuate, Cal Fire said.

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A local news crew got a little too close to the story they were covering when flames from the Carr Fire near Redding approached the road in a matter of seconds.

Lemor Abrams, a reporter for CBS 13 in Sacramento, posted a short video documenting the incident just after 4 p.m. Thursday on her Instagram account.

According to her post, she and Jeff Bell, a camera operator and the driver of the news van, were shooting footage of the rapidly-growing Carr Fire in the Redding area of Shasta County when the flames suddenly took over a tree on the side of the road, forcing them to take shelter in the van.

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